Join the fun–and see some amazing animals–at the Boone and Crockett Club’s 32nd Big Game Awards in Springfield this summer.
Photo above: A diorama at Johnny Morris’s Wonders of Wildlife Museum in Springfield, Missouri, where hundreds of recently taken record-book big-game animals are on display this summer.
In late July, thousands of big-game hunters and their families will converge in Springfield, Missouri, to celebrate hundreds of new entries in the Boone and Crockett Club record book, including several new world records. You can join Boone and Crockett, its partners, and the many fortunate and skilled hunters who will be gathering to celebrate all things hunting at the 32nd Big Game Awards.
The event recognizes the biggest heads, horns, and antlers from North America that were entered into the B&C records during the last three years (2022 through 2024). The top entries during this period were invited to send their mounts to be remeasured and displayed at Johnny Morris’s Wonders of Wildlife Museum and Aquarium in Springfield. In addition, all qualifying animals taken by youth hunters during the three-year period are invited to be included.
This year, there are three new world records on display: Justin Kallusky’s 2022 mountain goat, Aron Wark’s 2023 muskox, and Tim Carpenter’s 2023 Roosevelt elk. You can also see Dustin Huff’s new No. 3 all-time typical whitetail from Indiana as well as two new state record American elk, one from Virginia and one from Pennsylvania.
If you haven’t been to Johnny Morris’s Wonders of Wildlife Museum and Aquarium, it alone is worth a trip to Springfield. Billed as the largest immersive wildlife attraction in the world, the complex features 350,000 square feet of exhibits that take you on a journey through immersive habitats with a focus on the origin of the conservation movement, including historic artifacts and milestones that celebrate the vital contributions of sportsmen and women to wildlife conservation. Located next to the Bass Pro Shops flagship store, the entire complex is a celebration of America’s sporting heritage.
Most notably, the museum is home to the Boone and Crockett Club’s National Collection of Heads and Horns, a historic display of mounted trophies dating from 1906 that includes the Chadwick Ram, considered one of the greatest big-game animals ever taken in North America.
The new record animals are on temporary display in the museum next to the National Collection of Heads and Horns from May 3 through July 26, and you can see them as part of the museum tour any time during this period. The Awards weekend is July 24-26, and events will be held at the White River Conference Center adjacent to the museum. For information and to register, click here.
